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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

20 Via Zoom, Offer Sensor Rentals -- Citizen Science Parasite Hunters Needed: Penn State Researcher Asking Deer Hunters For Help In Biting Flies Research Effort - By Penn State News [PaEN] -- PUC Joins 8th Annual ‘Imagine A Day Without Water’ To Raise Water Awareness -- Warren Times: Night Sky Program Offered Oct. 22-23 -- Penn State Oct.

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DEP Blog: Abandoned Coal Mine Reforestation Initiatives Healing The Land

PA Environment Daily

Since 2004, ARRI has reforested thousands of acres of reclaimed coal mined land throughout Appalachia to restore the areas to their natural appearance while gaining the many benefits the newly planted trees seedlings will provide, such as removing carbon dioxide from the air and helping to conserve water resources.

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Harnessing the Ocean’s Power to Combat the Climate Crisis

Law Columbia

Photo: Guss B on Unsplash Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the awe-inspiring wonders on this planet — a place full of biodiversity hotspots, from lush rainforests to scenic mountain ranges, home to rich, endemic species. The ocean covers 70% of the Earth’s surface and is a major carbon sink.

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The US Supreme Court is Operating Like a Rogue EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

In a blistering dissent over the 2022 decision to curtail the powers of the EPA on regulating power plant carbon dioxide emissions that fuel global warming, she said: “Whatever else this Court may know about, it does not have a clue about how to address climate change. The current court is silent on that.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

-- WGAL: UGI Gas Utilities Checking Gas Lines As Precaution After East Coast Earthquake: If You Smell Gas, Evacuate Immediately Grants -- ReImagine Appalachia Applauds EPA’s $500 Million Grant To Appalachian Community Capital To Stimulate Green Energy Investments In Low-Income Rural Communities Affected By Fossil Fuel Industry’s Decline [PaEN] Upcoming (..)

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Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

Union of Concerned Scientists

I distinctly remember the rotten egg smell of sulfur dioxide hanging over the Flats whenever we went downtown. It is mainly methane, which is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in trapping heat for the first 20 years after it is released. That makes the fertilizer industry a double threat to the climate.

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30 Major Climate Initiatives Under Biden

Legal Planet

The earliest action covered is Biden’s rejoining the Paris Agreement; the most recent is a burst of final actions taken around Earth Day 2024. begins the process of rejoining the Paris Agreement on Biden’s first day in office. It includes only completed actions, not proposed regulations. International January 20, 2021.